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| Artist: |
C?saria ?vora |
| Record Label: |
Melodie |
| Genre: |
International |
| Subgenre: |
Cape Verdean |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
| More Information |
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Personnel: Cesaria Evora (vocals); Toy Vieira (vocals, acoustic guitar, cavaquinho, piano); Paulino Vieira (acoustic guitar, cavaquinho, piano, harmonica, percussion, background vocals); Malaquias Costa (violin, percussion); Escabes (reco-reco); Titina, Celina Peireira, Gardenia Benros, Teofile Chantre, Som di Longe (background vocals). Recorded at Studio de la Madeleine and Studio Music' Ange, Paris, France between May and June 1992. Includes liner notes by Anastasia Tsioulcas. MISS PERFUMADO was nominated for a 1999 Grammy for Best World Music Album. This 1992 recording, which is being released in the US for the first time, established this 57-year-old singer from the Portuguese West African island of Cabo Verde as an international star. Not quite a traditionalist, Cesaria Evora specializes in the Portuguese folk/cabaret ballad called Morna, a moderately paced, highly expressive song-form characterized by meandering minor-key melodies and lyrics which express suffering, hope, and, above all, the all-en... |
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